PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ty Huggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Diaz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Diaz
vs
Huggins

185 cm
23
185 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ty Huggins!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huggins is looking to clinch.
Huggins is trying hard to land a takedown here. Diaz sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Diaz gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Huggins seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Huggins tries to stand but Diaz is controlling from the bottom.
Huggins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Diaz is keeping the position for now.
Huggins tries to stand but Diaz is controlling from the bottom.
Diaz will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Diaz working for submissions but it's allowed Huggins to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huggins is looking to take a break and control but Diaz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Huggins trying to pass the guard but Diaz defending well.
Huggins wants to stand but Diaz has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Diaz shoots and misses

and Huggins counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Huggins.
Diaz is breathing heavily.

Diaz has his foot on Huggins's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Huggins works his way back into a safe position though.
Diaz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Huggins is looking to stand up but Diaz won't let him.
Diaz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huggins trying to control but Diaz is working from the bottom.
Diaz looking to control.
Huggins is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Huggins won't allow Diaz to sweep him here.
Huggins loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Huggins shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Huggins showed some decent athleticism there.
Diaz misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Diaz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Huggins stalling.
Huggins really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Diaz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Diaz wants to get back to full guard but Huggins has passed into side control.
Huggins can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Diaz is looking to escape.
Diaz tries to hold on but Huggins postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Diaz flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Huggins trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Diaz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Huggins postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Diaz looks a forlorn figure.
Diaz is desperately trying to improve his position but Huggins has a good base and remains in mount.
Huggins looking to finish Diaz with some ground and pound. This is bad for Diaz!
Diaz is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ty Huggins dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Huggins looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Diaz wants to control but Huggins is keeping busy.
Huggins tries to pass the half guard into mount. Diaz knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Huggins scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Huggins not doing much here.
Huggins throwing shots but Diaz is blocking nicely.
Huggins is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz is trying to maintain the position but Huggins is very close to passing his half guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Huggins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Huggins has closed the distance and engaged Diaz in a clinch.

Huggins manages to break the clinch.

Huggins shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Huggins wants to stand and escape but instead Diaz has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Huggins keeps moving.
Huggins trying to keep a closed guard but Diaz is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz won't allow Huggins to sweep him here.
Diaz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Diaz stands up over Huggins, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Huggins trying to keep a closed guard but Diaz is proving a slippery customer.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Huggins can do anything to dispel that myth.
Huggins is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Huggins jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Diaz tries to keep at a distance but Huggins has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Huggins walks away with a smile on his face. Diaz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Diaz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Huggins misses with a takedown

and Diaz holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Huggins is trying to trip Diaz. He has hold of a leg but Diaz is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Huggins persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Diaz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Huggins trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Diaz looking to control.

Diaz had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Huggins is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Diaz Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Huggins's back instead.
Diaz is throwing shots to the body but Huggins manages to wriggle free. Diaz pounces on him again and ends up in Huggins's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Huggins keeps moving.
Diaz stopping the sweep attempt from Huggins.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Huggins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diaz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ty Huggins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Huggins decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Huggins prevents Diaz from improving his position.
Huggins trying to control from half guard but Diaz is working away.
Huggins performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Diaz wants to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Huggins working Diaz over with strikes.
Huggins not doing much here.

Huggins is working for a submission of some sort.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Diaz actively working from the bottom here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Diaz takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Huggins shoots in and bounces Diaz off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Huggins must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Huggins is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huggins trying to control but Diaz is working from the bottom.
Diaz is pulling down on Huggins's head to control his posture.

Diaz working for a triangle but Huggins defends it easily.
Diaz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huggins showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Diaz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Huggins is aware though and is defending well.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Huggins from controlling successfully.

Diaz is looking for a triangle but Huggins pushes his legs off easily.
Diaz looking to control.
Huggins trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Huggins throwing strikes but missing.
Huggins postures up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Huggins shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Diaz manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Diaz trying to keep a closed guard but Huggins is proving a slippery customer.
Mike Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ty Huggins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Huggins from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ty Huggins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Huggins has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ty Huggins!